Combination bucket and brush support shield for workmen



' W. ORT

Feb.. 3, 1970 COMBINATION BUIJKIEIT AND'BRUSH SUPPORT SHIIEZI-D mWORKMEN Filed Nov. 19. 1968 FIG. 4

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WILLIAM ORT HIS AGENT BYQ/ United States Patent 3,493,152 COMBINATIONBUCKET AND BRUSH SUPPORT SHIELD FOR WORKMEN William Ort, 1605 KempBlvd., Wichita Falls, Tex. 76309 Filed Nov. 19, 1968, Ser. No. 777,116Int. Cl. A46b 17/00 U.S. (:1. 224-5 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREAn approximately convex shield to be attached by a hook, to the belt ofworkmen at the side, to support a bucket of paint, varnish, or otherliquid, and to support one or more brushes within easy access to theworkman near the hand in which he uses such brush. A provision is madeto prevent the bucket from being easily dislodged from the hook whichattaches the bucket to the shield.

This invention relates to body shields and more particularly to a shieldto be worn on the body of the user, on which shield a bucket containingmaterial, such as paint, varnish, paste or other liquid, may besuspended therefrom by a hook, which material is to be applied by aworkman. This shield is so constructed as to shield a wearer from directcontact with the bucket and from the sharp edges thereof and also fromthe hazard of the material being spilled or splashed from the bucketonto the workman, due to tilting. The shield is so constructed and is socontured that it is preferably suspended at the side of the workman,from a belt worn by the workman so as to be most convenient to him, thatis, if used by a right handed person, it is worn on the right side andif used by a left handed person it is worn on the left side. However, itis preferable that the brush arrangement and contour of the shield for aleft handed person be opposite that used by a right handed person.

The usual practice, in supplying paint to a painter, is either bysetting the bucket on the shelf of a stepladder, if working above groundlevel, or to suspend the bucket from a hook, usually on the stepladderor other appendage within reach of the workmen. However, as the paintermoves back and forth along a scaffold, a paint bucket in a stationarylocation cuts down on the efficiency and speed of the painting operationand greatly increases the fatigue of the workman.

The present invention is so constructed that it may be worn at groundlevel, on a ladder, scaffold or the like, at any elevation, and may beused by the workman while in sqatting position or while in standingposition, and the shield, with a paint bucket suspended thereon, as wellas brushes, is in proper position to give access thereto, to dip paintor the like from the bucket to be applied by the workman. With theshield suspended from a belt and with the bucket suspended by a hook onthe shield, the bucket does not tilt to spill the paint, or the like,when the painter moves to a squatting position.

Various body shields have been proposed heretofore, but these, for themost part, were suspended in front of the painter or artisan and usuallyinvolved neck straps and belts, as well as a special receptacle in whichto place paint or other liquid being used, which necessitated pouringthe paint, or the like, from the original container into the specialreceptacle, which necessitates either having to thoroughly clean thereceptacle for subsequent use or to discard the receptacle, which wouldincrease the cost. Furthermore, such arrangements would not give freedomof body movement to the workman, as would a unit attached to the beltand worn on the side of the body.

An object of this invention is to provide a body shield which is adaptedto be attached to a belt worn in normal 3,493,152 Patented Feb. 3, 1970manner by the Workman, which body shield is made of plastic, metal orhard fibrous material, which is substantially impervious to paint,varnish or other liquid being used, and which shield has at least onesupport hook thereon to support a bucket or the like therefrom, as Wellas auxiliary supports, such as spring clips, to support one or morebrushes or the like, within ready reach of the artisan.

Another object of the invention is to provide a body shield which shieldis contoured so the body movements will not cause tilting of the bucketwhen the shield, with a bucket thereon, is worn on the side of the body.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a substantiallyone-piece body shield for attachment to a belt, which shield willprotect the body and clothing against paint, varnish or other liquidbeing splashed thereonto.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a shield forattachment to the belt of an artisan, which shield has a resilientbucket support hook thereon, which hook has a re-entrant portion whichwill permit a bucket bail to be readily inserted into the hook or to bereadily removed therefrom, but which guards against the bail beingaccidentally dislodged from the hook.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide resilient brushsupport clips on a body shield, which will enable a brush to be readilyinserted into the clips or to be removed therefrom.

Yet a final object of the invention is to provide a shield from which abucket may be supported, which shield has lcilipshremovably attachedthereto, which clips support a rus With these objects in mind and otherwhich will become apparent as the description proceeds, reference is tobe had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference charactersdesignate like parts on the several views thereof, in which:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary elevational 'view of a portion of the body of anartisan, showing a belt, as normally worn, showing the present shieldsupported by the belt at the side of the artisan, and showing theaccessibility thereof to the right hand;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the invention, on a slightly enlargedscale, showing a bucket attached thereto and showing clips on the shieldto support paint brushes within the clips, a portion of the support beltbeing shown in dashed outline;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged, front elevational view of the shield, showing theshield supported on a belt and showing a paint bucket supported on theshield, together with paint brushes positioned within resilient clips;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the shield, on the same scale asshown in FIG. 3, with the support belt removed therefrom, the bucketbeing shown in dashed outline, as supported thereon;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of FIG. 6, looking inthe direction indicated by the arrows;

FIG, 6 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a portion of therear side of the shield, showing the manner of removably anchoring thepaint brush clips thereto; and

FIG. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the bucket support hook shownapart from the shield, with a bucket bail, in cross section, shown inthe lower portion of the hook in the full outline, and in dashed outlinenear the upper portion of the hook, to bring out the safety feature.

With more detailed reference to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates aworkman, such as a painter or the like. A belt 2 is worn in normalposition by the workman. A protective shield, designated generally bythe numeral 4, is composed of a sheet of material 6, which may be metal,plastic, fiber or the like, which material does not readily absorbpaint, varnish and other liquid. The shield 6 is contoured, somewhat asindicated in FIG. 2, so as to have an approximately convex surfaceadjacent the body of the wearer, when a book 8, on the shield 4, engagesbelt 2. It is preferable to position the shield, as indicated in FIG. 1,so that the shield will be on the side of the body adjacent the handwhich is normally used by the workman. In the case of a left handed man,contours of the shield and the clips for brushes would be reverselypositioned with respect to FIG. 2, so as to enable the artisan to havethe bucket 14, which is suspended from hook 8, immediately below thehand in which the brush is used, and with the brush clips 10 and 12arranged to position a brush rearward of a bucket 14. The portion 8 ofthe hook that engages the belt 2 extends downward and has a re-entrantportion 16 thereof upturned to receive bail 18 of bucket 14. The hookportion 16 has a re-entrant portion 20 at the top thereof which is inclose proximity to the portion 8 of the hook and which will permit thethickness of a bucket bail to pass therethrough due to the resiliencythereof, however, the bucket bail 18 cannot be accidentally removedtherefrom, but it can be forced upward therethrough, as indicated inFIG, 7, when it is desired to remove the bail 18 from the hook portion16.

It is to be noted that the convex contour adjacent the body of theworkman permits the freedom of movement of legs without impartingmaterial movement to the shield 4 or to the bucket 14, and that theshield extends rearward of the bucket 14 and has one or more pairs ofclips, as indicated at 12 and 10, which clips support brushes 26 and 28therein. The clips 12 extend over the edge of the shield 6 and haveinturned portions 30 and 32 engaging within holes 34 and 36respectively, so

as to re'movably anchor the wire-like clips to shield 6.

It is preferable to have these clips made of material that issufficiently resilient to permit the brushes 26 and 28 to be passed intothe clips 10 and 12, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, to be held rigidlytherein, and to be sufficiently resilient to enable the inturnedportions 30 and 32 to be removed from the respective holes 34 and 36,when it is desired to remove clips 10 and 12.

The clips 10 and 12 may be readily removed and positioned flat on thesurface of the shield, when not in use, and the shields nested to occupythe minimum amount of space, during shipment or storage.

Having thus clearly shown and described the invention, what is claimedas new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A shield for supporting a bucket, which shield is supported from abelt about the waist of a workman, which shield comprises:

(a) a sheet of material of at least the width and length of the bucketto be supported thereon, which sheet of material forms a shield,

( 1) said shield being contoured so that the convex curve thereof isadjacent the body of the workman,

(2) the axis of which convex curve lies generally in the same plane asthe axis of the bucket to be supported thereby,

(b) a first hook formed on the upper portion of the shield in positionto engage the belt of the workman,

(c) a second hook associated with said first hook and being in positionto receive the bail of a bucket to support the bucket on said shield, sothe workman will be shielded from the contents of the bucket as heapplies the contents thereof,

(d) an extension portion on a side of said shield,

(1) said shield extension having perforations formed in the upperportion thereof,

(2) resilient clips detachably secured within said perforations of saidshield extension, which clips support brushes and the like,

(3) said resilient clips each having a complementary, inturned portionto engage within said perforations of said extension portion,

(4) each said resilient clip having a portion thereon in close fittingrelation with opposite sides of said shield to hold said clips in securerelation with respect thereto.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 191,027 5/1877 Case et al.385,015 6/1888 Smith. 1,270,158 6/1918 Hill. 2,320,067 5/1943 Caughren2247 2,985,349 5/1961 McGuire. 3,126,137 3/1964 Head 2247 GERALD M.FORLENZA, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R.

